美国之音口语经典教程Asking Names of Unfamiliar Objects 询问陌生物体的名称

Lesson 16Talking About Where People Work

谈论人们的工作场所

Things to Know  学前必读

美国发展成一个富裕的工业化发达国家，与工人的劳动是分不开的，和其它国家的工人相比，美国工人的生活相当富裕。但是新的时代面临着新的问题，高度分工的机械化生产使工作成为单调、无意义的重复劳动，如何改善工作环境和形式，以适应工人心理需要，进而提高生产率，已成为当代社会的一个重要研究课题。

Conversation A : In a Small Town

MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner.

ASSISTANT: Good afternoon, Mr. Learner. I'm Mayor Walker's assistant. The Mayor is expecting you. Please go in.

MARTIN: Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Walker.

MAYOR: Hello. How are you?

MARTIN: Fine, thanks, How are you?

MAYOR: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you?

MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I want to talk about the work people do in this town.MAYOR: Fine.

MARTIN: How long have you been mayor of Greentown?

MAYOR: Three years.

MARTIN: How many people live in Greentown?

MAYOR: Thirteen thousand.

MARTIN: Let's talk about the work people do. What do they do?

MAYOR: They work in small factories. They work in small businesses.MARTIN: How many factories do you have?

MAYOR: We have five small factories.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: Look at these pictures. See these people?

MARTIN: Yes.

MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. They make batteries.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. They make tires.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. They make windows and windshields.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They make bottles. And they make plastic bags. Come see the town.

MARTIN: Thank you, I'd like that.

MAYOR: Do you see those people? They work on the roads and streets.MARTIN: I see. How many teachers do you have?

MAYOR: About one-hundred. They teach in the schools. Look at that school.

MARTIN: Is it a new school?

MAYOR: Yes, it is. Twenty teachers teach in that school.

MARTIN: Is that a hospital?

MAYOR: Yes, it is. It's small. Twenty-three nurses work in the hospital.

Practice 1：询问对方的工作地点，我们通常用：

Where do you work? 你在哪工作?

其回答方式是：“I work+地点介词短语”. 我在……工作。

Examples:  MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in small businesses.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.

根据上面句型完成下列对话：

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work in small factories.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work in small businesses.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

会话A : 在小镇

马  丁：下午好!我是马丁·勒纳。

助  手：下午好，勒纳先生。我是沃克市长的助手。市长正等你呢!请进。

马  丁：谢谢。下午好。沃克市长。

市  长：你好，你怎么样?

马  丁：很好，谢谢。你怎么样?

市  长：很好，谢谢。我能为你做什么?

马  丁：我是个记者，我想和你谈谈这个城市的人们所做的工作。

市  长：好的。

马  丁：你担任格林市市长有多久了?

市  长：3年了。

马  丁：格林市有多少居民?

市  长：一万三千人。

马  丁：让我们谈谈他们的工作吧。他们都做什么工作呢?

市  长：他们在小工厂里上班。他们在小企业上班。

马  丁：你们有多少厂子?

市  长：我们有5个小厂。

马  丁：生产什么?

市  长：看看这些照片，看到这些人了?

马  丁：是的。

市  长：他们在电池厂工作，生产电池。

马  丁：他们做什么?

市  长：他在轮胎厂工作，生产轮胎。

马  丁：他们生产什么?

市  长：他们在玻璃厂工作，生产窗玻璃和挡风玻璃。

马  丁：他们生产什么?

市  长：他们生产瓶子。他们生产塑料袋。来看看这座城市。

马  丁：谢谢。我很愿意。

市  长：看到那些人了吗?他们在街道上作业。

马  丁：我看到了。你们有多少教师?

市  长：大约100。他们在学校教书。看那所学校。

马  丁：是所新学校吗?

市  长：是的。有20名教师在那里教书。

马  丁：那是个医院吗?

市  长：是的。小医院。有23名护士。

Conversation B

MARTIN: Mayor Walker, how many small businesses do you have?

MAYOR: About two-hundred twenty. People work in stores and shops. They work in banks. They work in restaurants and bars. They work in the Post Office. They work in bakeries.

MARTIN: What do they make in the bakeries?

MAYOR: They bake bread and cakes. Do you see that man there?

MARTIN: Yes.

MAYOR: He's a writer.

MARTIN: Where does he write?

MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper.

MARTIN: I see a photographer.

MAYOR: Yes, she works for the newspaper.

MARTIN: Who are those women?

MAYOR: They're workers.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work at the plastic factory.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They make plastic bags.

MARTIN: Who are those men?

MAYOR: They're workers too.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work at the tire factory.

MARTIN: Who are they?

MAYOR: They're students.

MARTIN: Where do they study?

MAYOR: They study at the high school.

MARTIN: They're good musicians, too! Who are those children?

MAYOR: They're students, too. They're going to sing.

MAYOR: Do you see those men?

MARTIN: Yes. Who are they?

MAYOR: They're carpenters.

MARTIN: Oh, yes. I see.

MAYOR: We have many carpenters.

MARTIN: Those men work on the roads and streets.

MAYOR: Yes.

MARTIN: Who are those women?

MAYOR: They're workers.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They make windows and windshields.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the bottle factory.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They make bottles.

MARTIN: Where do they work?

MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.

MARTIN: What do they make?

MAYOR: They make tires. Where do you work?

MARTIN: I work at the“Voice of America”. Thank you for your time, Mayor Walker.

Practice 2：再练习一下关于工作和工作地点的对话。

Examples:  MAYOR: He's a writer.           

MARTIN: Where does he write?           

MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper. They are workers.            MARTIN: Where do they work?           

MAYOR: They work at the factory. She's a photographer.            MARTIN: Where does she work?        

MAYOR: She works for the newspaper.

根据课文完成对话：

MAYOR: She's a photographer.

MARTIN: Where does she work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________.

MAYOR: They're students.

MARTIN: Where do they study?

YOURSELF: ______________________________.

会话B  在小镇

马  丁：沃克市长，你们有多少家小企业。

市  长：大约220家。人们在商店里工作，在银行里工作，

市  长：在餐馆里和酒吧里工作，在邮局工作，在面包店工作。

马  丁：他们在面包店里做什么?

市  长：他们烤面包和蛋糕，你看见那个男的了吗?

马  丁：是的。

市  长：他是个作家。

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